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Santorum Slammed By Students At His Alma Mater Over Same-Sex Marriage

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Rick Santorum was slammed by students at Penn State yesterday during a discussion on same-sex marriage. In this video (below), Santorum complains that CNN host Piers Morgan called him a “bigot,” for his stance on homosexuality and marriage equality. Students were apparently not supportive of Santorum’s bigotry, as one raised his fist in the air supporting a fellow student’s attack on the former University of Pennsylvania graduate and former Pennsylvania Senator. Santorum also uses a bridge over a swamp analogy for same-sex marriage equality, and at one point falsely claims that second-graders are being taught about “gay sex.”

“Why don’t you find protection for gay marriage in the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments?” Santorum is asked. (The 2:05 mark in the video.)

“I don’t find it there because I’m not an activist who looks at Supreme Court and the Constitution as a way to justify my own personal beliefs and imposing them on the rest of society. I don’t think that’s what the Constitution is there for.”

Santorum goes on and on about his perception of marriage and does his metaphysical “marriage is not a napkin” speech. He adds that Marriage “is a privilege given out by government that gives government benefits to people who are recognized by the government. It’s not a right.”

“It is a completely natural and right institution. And government recognized that. They recognized the value that having men and women married, raising children, is the best possible place for children to be raised. You want to look at the social science on that? Don’t even try if you disagree with me.”

Later, Santorum engages in this interaction:

“I had Piers Morgan call me a bigot! Because I believe what the Catholic Church teaches with respect to homosexuality — I’m a bigot. So, now I’m a bigot, because I believe what the Bible teaches. Now, what two thousand years of, of teaching and moral theology is now bigoted! And, of course, we don’t elect bigots to office, we don’t give them professional licenses, we don’t give them preferential tax treatment. If you’re a preacher and you preach bigoted things, you think you’re going to be allowed to have a 501(c)3 as a church? Of course not! No, this has profound consequence, to the entire moral ecology of America!”

Santorum actually says, “Does anybody make the argument as to why this is right? I don’t hear those arguments!”

(Rick, we’ve been making those arguments 24/7 for years. If you don’t hear them perhaps you should log on to the Internet. I hear Google is a pretty good place to start.)

One student took great umbrage to Santorum’s bigoted preaching, and said, “It is extremely unfair for you to say that there are no social science reports that suggest that children are okay in a same-sex relationship.” As she begins this sentence, watch the young man in jacket and tie to Santorum’s right raise his fist in the air.

“There are plenty of statistical studies, and they are just as happy and successful and everything else as long as they have two parents.”

“I see,” replies Santorum, clearly aware he is losing this group.

“The American Psychological Association…,” the student starts to say.

“I understand…” Santorum repeatedly, dismissively states.

“The American Psychological Association has enumerated — 1974, that gay marriage…,” she continues.

Santorum interrupts, blasting the American Psychological Association (APA).

“Yes, but the American Psychological Association is made up of people who agree with the American Psychological Association! Just like the AMA is made up of…”

Santorum goes on to denigrate the AMA and other professional organizations, moments after he was concerned about not being able to join them because he is called a bigot!

“All these associations prove is that they have a point of view and the people who join them agree with that point of view… That’s not evidence!”

Santorum moves the interaction from discussion to argument. So much for the youth vote!

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Index of Questions:

00:18 – Do you believe that you are a viable presidential candidate, and at what point would you consider dropping out of the race?

02:11 – Why don’t you find protection for gay marriage in the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the 14th and 15th Amendments?

06:36 – How would you respond to those who say that your belief system is “archaic” and “out-of-date”?

11:53 – If you are elected president, to what extent will you reflect your beliefs on American society?

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Fox News Host Suggests Trump ‘Force’ Court to Throw Him in Jail – by Quoting Him

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The Fox News host who targeted a juror serving on Donald Trump’s criminal New York trial is now suggesting the ex-president should violate his gag order and “force” the court to throw him in jail, by quoting the Fox News host.

Jesse Watters came under fire earlier this week for profiling juror number two, sharing possibly identifying information published by a myriad of reporters but then using that information to pass judgment on her ability to serve.

“I’m not so sure about juror number two,” Watters concluded on Fox News.

Jurors, at the judge’s direction, were to remain anonymous, for their protection and the protection of the trial.

The judge excused her, after she said she felt she was not able to be impartial because friends and family were calling her asking if she had been chosen to serve on the Trump trial, after the media blitz.

New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan admonished the press for reporting the information, but some news outlets appeared to ignore his warning.

Watters on Wednesday “did a segment with a jury consultant, revealing details about people who had been seated on the jury and questioning whether some were ‘stealth liberals’ who would be out to convict Trump,” the Associated Press reported.

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Trump later posted Watters’ quote on his Truth Social platform, leading some, including New York prosecutors, to ask the judge to cite him for allegedly breaking his gag order.

Judge Merchan ordered Trump to not mention witnesses, jurors, prosecutors, court staff, or the family members of prosecutors and court staff, CNN has reported.

New York prosecutors told Juge Merchan Trump has violated the gag order at least ten times.

“Prosecutor Christopher Conroy described the ‘most disturbing’ example as a social media message Trump posted on Wednesday evening quoting a Fox News host as saying, ‘They are catching undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge in order to get on the Trump Jury,'” Politico reports.

That host was Jesse Watters.

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Friday afternoon, Watters appeared to egg Trump on, urging the ex-president to violate the gag order.

“I would make them put me in jail,” Watters said on Fox News. “I would have a tweet about something perhaps I said on ‘The Five’ or ‘Jesse Watters Primetime,’ and I would force them to throw me in jail.”

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Gaetz: ‘Corrupt’ Republicans Could ‘Take a Bribe’ and Throw House to Dems, Blocking Trump Run

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U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) says some of his fellow House Republicans would “take a bribe” to throw the razor-thin GOP majority to the Democrats if a far-right faction calls up a motion to oust Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, allowing Democrats to hand the gavel to the Minority Leader, Hakeem Jeffries. he warned if that happens, Democrats would immediately declare Trump ineligible to be President, pack the U.S. Supreme Court, and pass numerous laws like the American Rescue Plan.

“I do believe in a one seat majority there could be one or two or three of my colleagues who would take a bribe in one form or another in order to deprive the Republicans of a majority at all,” Gaetz said Friday on his podcast (video below.)

He added, “the risk that one or two of my corrupt Republican colleagues might take a bribe, take a walk, feign an ailment and flip this thing to the Democrats is a risk that is too high for me at this time.”

Gaetz’s fellow far-right Florida Republican member of Congress, Anna Paulina Luna, told listeners, “I heard that when, if and when the motion vacate is introduced, that there will be immediate resignations of a couple of more moderate members of Congress. And in the event that that happens, that ultimately means it does go to a Democrat speaker.”

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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) last month filed a “motion to vacate,” which she can use at any time to force a vote to oust the GOP Speaker, Mike Johnson. U.S. Rep. Tim Massie (R-KY) and just today, U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) has signed on as co-sponsors.

Congressman Gaetz told listeners if Democrats do take the House through a force vote to remove Johnson, Democrats would “be declaring Donald Trump an insurrectionist and setting up a barrier to him being able to become the president United States.”

“That’ll be their leadoff hitter, and then the chaser to that shot will be a massive spending package that looks a lot more like the American Rescue Plan. They will blow past every concept of every cap ever imagined. You’ll be looking at Universal Basic Income, you could be looking at packing the Supreme Court.”

Watch a short clip of Gaetz’s remarks below or at this link.

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Jeffries Vows Democrats Will Ensure Ukraine Aid Passes as Johnson Defectors Grow

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Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries vowed Friday the majority of Democrats will support Republicans’ Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and Gaza foreign aid legislation as Republican Speaker Mike Johnson lost support of another member of his conference to a faction determined to oust him.

“Democrats will provide a majority of our majority as it relates to funding Israel, humanitarian assistance, Ukraine, and our allies in the Indo Pacific,” Minority Leader Jeffries said. “It remains to be seen what Republicans will do in terms of meeting the national security needs of the American people, but it was important for House Democrats to ensure that the national security bills are going to be considered.”

Despite Republicans having a one-vote majority, more Democrats on Friday voted to move the critical and long-awaited foreign aid bills forward than did Republicans.

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The 316-94 vote included 165 Democrats and 151 Republicans voting yes, and 55 Republicans and 39 Democrats voting no.

Axios’ Juliegrace Brufke posted the list of Republicans voting against their party’s legislation.

Calling it a “rare” moment in modern congressional history to have to rely on opposition party votes to pass legislation, BBC News reports Speaker Johnson’s “hold on power is tenuous, and the legislators who oppose him – and his bid to provide aid to Ukraine – occupy some key positions within the House’s power structure.”

Amid the procedural vote to move the foreign aid funding bills forward, U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, a far-right Republican of Arizona, announced he is joining Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and Congressman Tim Massie (R-KY) in formally announcing their will vote to oust Speaker Johnson.

Gosar, like Greene, is reportedly a Christian nationalist. In 2022 CNN reported his “lengthy ties to White nationalists, [a] pro-Nazi blogger and far-right fringe received little pushback for years.”

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“We’ve been very honest in our assessment of the situation from the beginning,” Jeffries on Friday also declared. “At the appropriate time as House Democrats, we will have a conversation about how to deal with any hypothetical motion to vacate.”

“Moscow Marjorie Taylor Greene, Massie, and Gosar are quite a group. But central to our conversation is to make sure that the national security legislation in totality is passed by the House of Representatives.”

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